Trump Supporters Are Protesting Starbucks by...Buying Starbucks

Some Trump supporters are unhappy with Starbucks and they're letting the company know by...buying Starbucks. If that sounds counterintuitive, it's because it kind of is.

According to CNN, customers are asking baristas to write Trump's name on their cups as a form of protest after an incident they interrupt as discrimination against the President-elect's supporters went viral.

Some Trump supporters claim that they've been refused service while participating in #TrumpCup, but a lot of the response to the movement comes from skeptics. As they point out, usually when groups are dissatisfied with a company, they call for others not to shop there. But, in order to participate in #TrumpCup at all, you have to give Starbucks money.

God it's so funny that people are going to Starbucks for #trumpcup in defiance and Starbucks is like "Thanks for your $4.50 "

Ultimately, according to Starbucks, baristas aren't required to write customers names on cups or call them out when the order is ready.

"Over the years, writing customer names on cups and calling out their names has been a fun ritual in our stores," a Starbucks spokesperson said. "Rarely has it been abused or taken advantage of. We hope and trust that our customers will continue to honor that tradition."